Dear Anantara Maldives, We’ve seen your website, scoured the Internet for photos, and watched countless videos, and frankly we think you can do better with your promotional material.  So, we stayed a week at your resort and made a point of visiting every island, reef, beach, hammock, foot path, and pool to capture what we think […]

Originally, our bucket list item #42 read “Stay a night in the Maldives”.  But really, who goes to the Maldives to spend just one night?  We figured that if we were going to visit this sinking country, we’d have to do it right.  That meant having an overwater bungalow that didn’t completely break the bank, and […]

Have you ever wanted to climb a palm tree on a tropical island in the Philippines?  Or, how about anywhere else in the world for that matter?  Well, today is your lucky day because we’ve broken down the process of climbing a palm tree into 5 simple steps. Step 1:  Find the perfect tree. Unless […]

Oh Philippines…everything truly is more fun with you!  Including, making advertisements to promote your country! (Check out the official site here) With any luck, tourism Philippines will want to use one of our shots in their next ad campaign.  Wouldn’t that be nice?  So if you know anybody that could help a traveling addicted couple out, […]

We’ve been talking about it for years.  Four to be exact.  We needed to get diving again!  On our first trip to Asia together in 2009, we got our PADI Open Water certification at Sailing Club Divers in Nha Trang, Vietnam, but hadn’t dove since.  We always had an excuse.  Katherine didn’t have a mask […]